WILLIAM CHATTERTON DIX was a son of Mr. John Dix, author of a Life of Chatterton, Local Legends, etc., and was born at Bristol on the 14th of June, 1837, and educated at the Bristol Grammar School. He published Hymns of Love and Joy (1861), Altar Songs, Verses on the Holy Eucharist (1867), A Vision of All Saints and other Poems (1871), and Seekers of a City (1878), and contributed hymns to Hymns Ancient and Modern and other collections of hymns for Church use and anthologies of sacred song. He has also cast in metrical form some of Dr. Littledales translations of the Greek in his Offices of the Holy Eastern Church (1863) and the Rev. J. M. Rodwells translations of hymns of the Abyssinian Church, besides which he has written carols for Christmas and Easter which have become widely popular. His other works are Light (1883), The Risen Life (1883), both devotional works, and The Pattern Life (1885), a book of instruction for children, which contains a number of original hymns. The following second selection is from A Vision of All Saints and other Poems.